St Johns High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Darlington, SC)

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CLASS HILL I, JAMES GAINEY, leave to Raymond Huckabee a sincere hope, that his ambition to become a jazz trumpeter will be no joke. I, WILMA HONNEY, trying not to be funny, will my seat in English class to my sister, Blanche Honney. I, CLYDE GARDNER, to Bobby Boston do hereby lend, my golf ability hoping that more matches it will help him win. I, BETTY PEARCE, am hereby willing to loan, the honor of being the most dignified to Carolyn Stone. WE, RAY FLOWERS and ROBERT SPIVEY, our title as football crips’ do leave, to Eu- gene Baldwin and Coit Langley, the best players to have this honor, we believe. I, LOUISE BLACKMON, do hereby leave my bookkeeping knowledge, to those who are now preparing for college. I, CHARLES LANGLEY, to Bill Weatherly do will, my great football ability and build. I, MARILYN GRAHAM, name Faye Lowder in my will, as the one to receive my hidden talents and skill. I, ROGERS QUICK, hereby leave to Carrigan Weatherford my English knowledge, in hopes that he’ll have some use for it in college. I, MIRIAM JEFFORDS, leave my bashful ways here when I go, for Frankie Kinsey to accept and use as I did a year before. I, ALAN HUDSON, do leave my quiet ways to all Juniors who are inclined to be loud, in the hope that they will develop into citizens of whom St. John’s can be proud. I, GENELLE HENDERSON, do will my long lashes and green eyes, to Judy Banks--may she treasure them as a great prize. I, CARROLL WATFORD, will my talkative ways, to Toby Davis for the rest of his days. I JOYCE WEATHERFORD, with a ring on my left hand, do leave to Shirley Teal this, my wedding band. I, JOE BOOTH, will my distinguished manner, to Jessie Ann Weatherford in hopes that she can make it become a flying banner. I, ELISABETH SHUMAN, leave the planning of the Dramatics Club parties to Ginger Ann Muldrow, hoping that she’ll never let the supply of cookies run low. 1, BOBBY KIRVEN, do leave my position in the band, to Harris Marshall hoping that his ability will be increasingly grand. I, NELLIE KELLY, do will my ability in second year shorthand, to Jewel O’Neal with the hope that her marks will really be grand. I, EUGENE COOKE, do will my New Year’s resolution to get my library books in on time, to all Juniors that are always behind. I, RUBY ODOM, hereby will my desk in shorthand class, to Joanne Weaver in hopes that it will help her pass. WE, HARRY FREEMAN and MELVIN EVANS, do leave our quiet ways, to Billy Taylor in the hope that no noise he’ll raise. I, REBECCA CASON, will my bookkeeping ability to Sue Odom, with the hope that it won’t become too boresome. I, JEAN BYRD, leave my seat in Chemistry class to some unfortunate lad or lass. I, CHESTER McQUEEN, to Rodney Gainey my typing ability will, in the hope that my seat he’ll better be able to fill. I, ANNE GARDNER, my sincerity do bequeath, to all members of the class beneath. I, JENNINGS ALLEN, with a heart ever ready, will to Harry Blackmon my willingness to go steady. I, JACQUELYN WARREN, since for me Latin is hard to pass, do leave this subject to any unlucky member of the Junior Class. I, MARY LOU BYRD, custodian of the Lost and Found, leave to Rose Erwin this position to which I was gladly bound. I, LODDIE NEWSOME, being of sound body and sane rrdnd, to Bobbie Jean Edwards my basketball ’’position do leave behind. W itne sse s: H. A. Marshall William Cain Jacquelyn Douglas 19 Ila Ruthven Elizabeth Carrigan Class Lawyers

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1951, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament. I, TALLUALAH NEWSOME, will to Beatrice Adams my talkative ways, hoping that she’ll speak at least 50 words during her Senior days. I, BILLY HILL, with Jerry Terrell have decided to trade, my ability to make a good English grade. I, MARY BELLE DEWITT, still possessing a mind that’s sound, will my geometry ability to Cora Jean Brown. I, WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT, my physique do lease, to Eddie Howie hoping that his will increase. I, BARBARA HATCHELL, my joking manners packed in a satchel, do leave to Dolores Hat- chell. , I, JIMMY McJUNKIN, leave my quiet manner and ways, to Jimmy Bailey for the rest of his school days. I. MARY MURRAY PAULLING, as the class beauty (so the statistics show) will a little beauty to all the girls in the grades below. I, BILL MARSHALL, will my ability to sing, to some poor guy like Russell King. WE, ILA RUTHVEN and RAY CARNES, having been voted the cutest pair, do leave this honor for Geraldine Thames and Jimmy Bailey to share. I, MARY LEE MIMS, since my scoring days have ceased, will my basketball ability to Joyce Watford hoping that her scores will increase. I, DAN BOAN, do will my last coin, to my brother, Billy Boan. I. LIB CARRIGAN, my valuableness do give, to Margaret Cromer for as long as she may live. I, BILLY GORE, who was quarter-back a year ago, do leave this position to Harold Strick- land, hoping that next year he’ll accomplish more. I, RUTH PURVIS, since it's Patsy Johnson that I’m trying to please, leave to her my ability to flirt with ease. I, RALPH CARNES, to Walter Sessoms will, my basketball ability for only him to fill. I, VIVIAN ANDERSON, do will to Mary Lou Anderson, my ability to learn as she now app- roaches her senior term. I, VIRGIL DAVIS, bequeath to my friend, DeLeon Myers, my determination to keep my mind on English instead of more pleasant desires. I, MARIE SPIVEY, since I was voted the best-dressed, do leave this talent to Marjo Patter- son for her to impress. I, BOBBY COOKE, acting on a hopeful hunch, do will my football ability to Billy Mac Bunch. WE, SARA WELCH and TOMMY STURGEON, do hereby leave, our unselfish ways for Jane Flowers and Cecil Weaver to receive. I, HELEN SUMMERS, do will my sparkling, alluring, blue eyes, to Eleanor Jane Howie hoping they’ll bring her many masculine sighs. I, JOHNNY MASON, since it’s the trumpet I blow, will my talent to Mack Edwards in the grade below. I, MARIAN LAWHORN, do will my petite size, to all stout girls with envying eyes. I, HENRY HOFFMEYER, as Key Club chief, leave my duties to Toby Davis--with relief. I, BETTY JEAN ADAMS, do will my ability in art class to Polly Ann Nance, knowing that she has a good artistic chance. I, HAROLD TIMMONS, do give my attentiveness in English class, to Charles Cambell in hopes that at least he’ll pass. I, SARA PAULINE JACKSON, because a few years ago editorship of the Bulletin was my aim, do hereby leave this honor for Dick Wallace to claim. I, RALPH DIXON, have hereby certified, to give to Boyce Todd my honor of being the most dignified. I, BETTY BOSWELL, being of sound voice, leave my singing ability to Sarah Carrigan, my choice. WE, HEYWARD and HOWARD TUNSTALL, who like to play baseball both day and night, will to left-handed Charles Lowder our ability to pitch ’em right. I, MACK STOKES, to Murray Yarborough a little of my wit do will, even though in the future years I”11 probably need some still. I, NANCY JAMES, will my friendliness and smile, to Frances Boykin for her to use for awhile. 18

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CLASS PROPHECY In June, 1961, when the nation’s ten most outstanding and amazing women for the previous year met in Chicago for their first convention, we MARY MURRAY PAULLING, and SARA PAUL- INE JACKSON, discover to our utter bewilderment, that we both are included among the ten-- Mary Murray, for abolishing all Skid Rows in big cities, and Sara Pauline, for revolutionizing education in South Carolina. After seating ourselves for the first meeting, we glance over the program, and notice that RUBY ODOM, ingenious woman inventor, is guest speaker for the morning session. Immediately we inform Ruby of our presence and arrange to have dinner with her at the Spray of Flowers, a famous restaurant, owned and managed by RAY FLOWERS. Per- forming there at the time, we know, is the renowned JAMES GAINEY Band, giving off with the Smoothest music on any side of Heaven. ’ That evening, over a delicious meal prepared by the head chef, EUGENE COOKE, we begin to reminiscence of high school days at St. John’s and wonder about our classmates. Ruby then tells us of her most recent invention, the Radarized Rubyniscent, which would enable us to con- tact former classmates. Next morning in our suite in the exclusive Marian Virginia Hotel, owned and operated by JENNINGS ALLEN and MARIAN LAWHORN, we turn on the Rubyniscent which has been expertly installed by ROGERS QUICK, GE’s most skillful electrician. After inserting into the Rubyniscent a specially engraved plate of St. John’s 1951 graduates, which had been prepared by CLYDE GARDNER of the Stone Engraving Company, we settled down for an interesting visit with our old classmates. The first person to appear on the Rubyniscent screen is RUTH PURVIS, the private sec- retary of WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT, newly-elected governor of New York State. After our inter- view with them, BETTY BOSWELL relates the story of how she reached the top as a great Metropolitian Opera singer, giving most of her credit to MARY LEE MIMS, her piano accom- panist and companion. In New York, also, is MARIE SPIVEY, who has just returned from a fashion show in Paris, where she was chosen best-dressed woman in the world. Next, we tune in to find that MARILYN GRAHAM, secretary to NBC-TV has arranged through ILA RUTHVEN, BILL MARSHALL’S publicity manager to have Bill, who is a talent scout, and his show appear daily on the JACKIE WARREN Cosmetic program. The dial flicks, and we find ourselves in Washington, D. C. , where LODD1E NEWSOME, Congresswoman from South Carolina, is fighting vigorously to get a bill passed prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to women. In Washington at this time also is MACK STOKES, United States Ambassador to Korea. The next place to which our Rubyniscent takes us is Baltimore, Maryland. There WILMA HONNEY is Superintendent of Nurses, Dr. CARROLL WATFORD is head surgeon and JEAN BYRD and BARBARA HATCHELL, co-discoverers of the 100th element, St. Johnium, are lab technicians---all at Johns Hopkins’ Hospital. Traveling far westward we reach Hollywood, California. Here BILLY HILL is producing a drama, Blown with the Breeze, ’ starring ELISABETH SHUMAN, in her most magnificient and daring role. TOMMY STURGEON, who is routing Alan Ladd for his place in ithe box office, is playing opposite Elisabeth in this exciting picture. Visiting in California at the time is NANCY JAMES and her billionaire husband, who are talking a three-year cruise around the world. The scene on the Rubyniscent changes, and we are delighted to find ourselves in South Caro- lina. The first city we visit is historical Charleston. Around at the Citidel we have a talk over the screen with RAY CARNES, who is teaching mathematics there. Also in Charleston is HENRY HOFFMEYER and we discover that he is president of the new DuPont Plant which has been built recently. Hartsville comes next on our screen tour. At the high school we find BILLY GORE coaching their football team to victories over Darlington. At the head of the Coker College Commercial Department is BETTY PEARCE, who writes textbooks in her spare time. GENELLE HENDERSON is manager of the entire Coker Department Store, and many improvements have been made since she took over. 20